MPR News PM Update
Sept. 10, 2020

Seasonable warmth returns. Temperatures are warming toward the weekend. Sunny skies Friday with highs in the 60s across Minnesota. Showers and a few thunderstorms will spread into Minnesota and western Wisconsin Friday afternoon. 

Citing losses from the pandemic, U drops men's track, tennis, gymnastics. The University of Minnesota is announcing it will end men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s gymnastics and men’s tennis as it slashes costs. The U is facing major losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Big Ten’s move to postpone football.

Biden, Trump to visit Minnesota next Friday. Minnesota voters will see both Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden next Friday, Sept. 18. The campaigns for both candidates have announced visits on the day that absentee voting begins in Minnesota. Trump is due to hold an airport hangar rally in Bemidji. Biden hasn’t said yet where his appearance will be.

Man sues MPD, saying a cop shot him with a tear gas canister. A 19-year-old man is suing Minneapolis police officials and the city after he alleges an officer shot him in the face with a tear gas canister. The complaint says an officer fired the canister when he and his mother were participating in a community cleanup three days after George Floyd's killing, and he posed no threat to police. The suit says the canister destroyed his right eye.

You can get more of the latest news, in just a few minutes, via the Minnesota Today podcast.

 
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: 15 deaths; new cases moderate
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MPR's only Black classical host Garrett McQueen fired after being taken off air
McQueen said he was fired Thursday for "not following programming guidelines." McQueen said he would often switch out scheduled music by "dead white men" in favor of playing something more diverse.
 
St. Paul guaranteed $500 monthly income pilot hits snag
A pilot program proposed by St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter to guarantee $500 in monthly income to 150 low-income families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a snag.  
 
La Niña advisory issued; snowy winter ahead for Minnesota?
NOAA has issued a La Niña advisory. La Niña events statistically favor rigorous winters in Minnesota
 
Ex-cops’ attorneys blame Floyd’s drug use for his death
In recent weeks, attorneys representing former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death have sketched out a legal strategy that alleges that Floyd was intoxicated, overdosed and contributed to his own death. Raising a victim’s history of drug use to justify police killings has precedent, but will it be effective this time?
 
Coming up: Mike Mulcahy interviews Gov. Tim Walz on Politics Friday
Gov. Tim Walz is the guest on Politics Friday, hosted by MPR News politics editor Mike Mulcahy. What questions do you have for the governor? Join the conversation by calling 651-227-6000 during the live show or by filling out the form here.

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